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Definition of breech
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Breech
(v. t.) To cover as with
breeches.
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Breech Pin
::
Breech
pin () Alt. of
Breech
scre.
Breech-loading
::
Breech-loading
(a.)
Receiving
the
charge
at the
breech
instead
of at the
muzzle.
Breech Screw
::
Breech
screw () A
strong
iron or steel plug
screwed
into the
breech
of a
musket
or other
firearm,
to close the
bottom
of the
bore..
Breeches
::
Breeches
(n. pl.) A
garment
worn by men,
covering
the hips and
thighs;
smallclothes..
Breech
::
Breech
(n.) The
hinder
part of
anything;
esp., the part of a
cannon,
or other
firearm,
behind
the
chamber..
Bolster
::
Bolster
(n.) A block of wood on the
carriage
of a siege gun, upon which the
breech
of the gun rests when
arranged
for
transportation..
Chassepot
::
Chassepot
(n.) A kind of
breechloading,
center-fire
rifle,
or
improved
needle
gun..
Gomer
::
Gomer (n.) A
conical
chamber
at the
breech
of the bore in heavy
ordnance,
especially
in
mortars;
-- named after the
inventor..
Trail
::
Trail (v. t.) To
carry,
as a
firearm,
with the
breech
near the
ground
and the upper part
inclined
forward,
the piece being held by the right hand near the
middle..
Quoin
::
Quoin (n.) To
support
the
breech
of a
cannon.
Chamber
::
Chamber
(n.) That part of the bore of a piece of
ordnance
which holds the
charge,
esp. when of
different
diameter
from the rest of the bore; --
formerly,
in guns, made
smaller
than the bore, but now
larger,
esp. in
breech-loading
guns..
Breeched
::
Breeched
(imp. & p. p.) of
Breec.
Sans-culotte
::
Sans-culotte
(n.) A
fellow
without
breeches;
a
ragged
fellow;
-- a name of
reproach
given in the first
French
revolution
to the
extreme
republican
party,
who
rejected
breeches
as an
emblem
peculiar
to the upper
classes
or
aristocracy,
and
adopted
pantaloons..
Breechcloth
::
Breechcloth
(n.) A cloth worn
around
the
breech.
Breeching
::
Breeching
(n.) A
strong
rope rove
through
the
cascabel
of a
cannon
and
secured
to
ringbolts
in the
ship's
side, to limit the
recoil
of the gun when it is
discharged..
Dispart
::
Dispart
(n.) The
difference
between
the
thickness
of the metal at the mouth and at the
breech
of a piece of
ordnance.
Slop
::
Slop (v. i.) A loose lower
garment;
loose
breeches;
chiefly
used in the
plural.
Breech Sight
::
Breech
sight () A
device
attached
to the
breech
of a
firearm,
to guide the eye, in
conjunction
with the front
sight,
in
taking
aim..
Mitrailleuse
::
Mitrailleuse
(n.) A
breech-loading
machine
gun
consisting
of a
number
of
barrels
fitted
together,
so
arranged
that the
barrels
can be fired
simultaneously,
or
successively,
and
rapidly..
Unbreech
::
Unbreech
(v. t.) To
remove
the
breeches
of; to
divest
or strip of
breeches.
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